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How does a screen reader translate FFS?
by teamonkey 10y ago
How does a screen reader translate FFS?
- manarth 10y agoAbbreviations on the web can be expanded using the abbr tag: <abbr title="Fat Finger Syndrome">FFS</abbr> This also helps reduce ambiguity about the meaning of an acronym, improving the communication of semantic intent. That said, it appears that expansion of <abbr> isn't consistently supported[1]. I suspect most screenreaders would simply say "Eff Eff Ess". [1] http://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/labelling/acronym-abbr-title/ http://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/labelling/ac...
- jscholes 10y ago> I suspect most screenreaders would simply say "Eff Eff Ess". Correct, thankfully. I don't really see a use case for screen reader-specific usage of the abr tag. If everybody else has to read "FFS", possibly having to look it up on Google to know what on earth it is, why wouldn't I also? Although I suspect that as a sighted user, you can mouse-over some text marked up with abr and see the expanded form.